# 1981–82 Dundee F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was the 80th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the Scottish Premier Division after being promoted the previous season. Dundee would finish in 8th place, remaining safe by 4 points. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be knocked out in the group stage of the League Cup, and eliminated by Rangers in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 29 August | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | | 5,738 |
| 2 | 5 September | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Fraser, Ferguson, MacDonald, MacKinnon (o.g.) | 4,653 |
| 3 | 12 September | Dundee United | A | 2–5 | Ferguson (pen.), Mackie | 15,696 |
| 4 | 19 September | St Mirren | H | 3–0 | Ferguson (2) (pen.), Sinclair | 5,257 |
| 5 | 26 September | Greenock Morton | A | 0–2 | | 2,763 |
| 6 | 3 October | Celtic | H | 1–3 | McGeachie | 13,254 |
| 7 | 10 October | Airdrieonians | A | 2–4 | Ferguson (2) (pen.) | 2,500 |
| 8 | 17 October | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Cameron, Ferguson | 11,956 |
| 9 | 24 October | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Stephen | 11,893 |
| 10 | 31 October | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | | 6,011 |
| 11 | 7 November | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | Mackie (2) | 3,337 |
| 12 | 14 November | Dundee United | H | 1–3 | Ferguson | 15,578 |
| 13 | 21 November | St Mirren | A | 0–4 | | 3,600 |
| 14 | 28 November | Greenock Morton | H | 4–1 | Ferguson, Bell, Sinclair, Mackie | 3,598 |
| 15 | 5 December | Celtic | A | 1–3 | Sinclair | 14,570 |
| 16 | 12 December | Airdrieonians | H | 3–1 | MacDonald, Sinclair, Fraser | 3,988 |
| 17 | 19 December | Rangers | A | 1–2 | McGeachie | 11,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 1–2 | Sinclair | 8,281 |
| 19 | 30 January | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 4,628 |
| 20 | 6 February | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Kidd | 11,377 |
| 21 | 20 February | Greenock Morton | A | 0–2 | | 2,000 |
| 22 | 27 February | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | | 8,961 |
| 23 | 10 March | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | Ferguson | 13,790 |
| 24 | 13 March | Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | Fleming, Fraser | 2,000 |
| 25 | 17 March | Aberdeen | H | 0–3 | | 6,126 |
| 26 | 20 March | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Fraser, Stephen | 4,345 |
| 27 | 27 March | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | Sinclair, Fraser | 2,500 |
| 28 | 3 April | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | | 12,602 |
| 29 | 10 April | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | Kidd | 3,804 |
| 30 | 14 April | Rangers | H | 3–1 | Stephen (2), Ferguson | 7,975 |
| 31 | 17 April | Celtic | A | 2–4 | Smith, Ferguson | 14,288 |
| 32 | 21 April | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | Sinclair | 6,463 |
| 33 | 25 April | Greenock Morton | H | 2–1 | McGeachie, Fraser | 5,346 |
| 34 | 1 May | Aberdeen | H | 0–5 | | 6,415 |
| 35 | 8 May | Rangers | A | 0–4 | | 8,500 |
| 36 | 15 May | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Ferguson | 6,696 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Hibernian | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Morton | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 30 | |
| 8 | Dundee | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 26 | |
| 9 | Partick Thistle (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 22 | Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Airdrieonians (R) | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 18 | Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division |

## Scottish League Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.

### Group 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 August | Raith Rovers | H | 1–2 | Fleming | 5,362 |
| 2 | 12 August | Rangers | A | 1–4 | Fleming | 13,309 |
| 3 | 15 August | Greenock Morton | H | 1–2 | Fleming | 4,710 |
| 4 | 19 August | Rangers | H | 1–2 | MacDonald | 9,124 |
| 5 | 22 August | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | Stephen | 1,844 |
| 6 | 26 August | Greenock Morton | A | 2–3 | Cameron, Fleming | 1,675 |

#### Group 2 table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 11 |
| Morton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 3 |
| Dundee | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 3rd round | 23 January | Raith Rovers | H | 1–0 | Stephen | 5,474 |
| 4th round | 14 February | Meadowbank Thistle | H | 3–0 | Smith, Ferguson, Mackie | 4,453 |
| Quarter-finals | 6 March | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 16,072 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Les Barr | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Davie Bell | 21 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Blair | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Danny Cameron | 32 | 2 | 25+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry Davidson | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Ferguson | 39 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian Fleming | 24 | 5 | 13+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 37 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Geddes | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Glennie | 44 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Albert Kidd | 39 | 2 | 21+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian MacDonald | 23 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Mackie | 38 | 5 | 22+10 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George McGeachie | 37 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Stewart McKimmie | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chic McLelland | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Murphy | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Erich Schaedler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Brian Scrimgeour | 17 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Eric Sinclair | 31 | 7 | 24+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Smith | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ray Stephen | 31 | 6 | 9+15 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |